ABSTRACT
In Moscow Stalin's paranoia increased, as he believed that the leading Soviet doctors were plotting to kill the Soviet leadership. This was the world of Churchill's final ministry. Churchill's presence at the top masked the decline of Britain's world power status. The 'affluent society' was just around the comer and the Conservatives were going to get the credit for it. Churchill played 'cat and mouse' with his colleagues regarding his retirement. Eden, the 'crown prince', became more and more tense at the delay. As expected, Eden replaced him. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Eden was the personification of the classic English gentleman. After service in the trenches in the Great War he entered the Commons in 1923. Eden at first supported Nasser and met him in Cairo just before taking over from Churchill as Prime Minister. Eden and the Americans were also busy designing a package, code-named, 'Alpha', to bring Egypt and Israel together.
