An NBC White Paper special on the rise of Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
With Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, a struggle for leadership of the Communist world began. Considered best bets at the time:
Malenkov, Molotov, and a a man little know to the outside world- Nikita Khrushchev. This documentary report, produced by Fred Freed, traces the five year path to power that Khrushchev followed. Chet Huntley narrates this documentary with historical film and accounts from journalists, government officials and both Communist and former Communist observers.