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...that the spirit of the American "reformer" has been broken in recent years under the burden of reactionary and fanatic Communist pressure. He referred to "the successful attempts by certain groups and individuals to undermine the status of all reformers... The conviction of Alger Hiss and the confession of Klaus Fuchs have been heavy blows to those who 'would win more victories for humanity.' For the time being, the reformer must struggle against a dark blanket of public suspicion woven by the same types of persons who have always fought him but now are aided by the revelations...
Loosely based on the real espionage cases of Soviet Agent Harry Gold and Britain's Atomic Scientist Klaus Fuchs, the picture develops its anti-Red theme in such simple blacks & whites that it becomes a rather obvious thriller. In Alfred Werker's plodding direction of a talky screenplay. Walk East on Beacon moves at a too-leisurely pace for an action picture. Lending a bit of credulity to the proceedings are actual backgrounds filmed in Washington, New Hampshire and Boston...
...main problem for Klaus Landsberg, 35, general manager of Los Angeles' KTLA, was circuits. Even A.T. & T., which supplies cross-country TV lines, said last month that there was not enough time to set up relays for the big show. Landsberg, who has been working with electronics for more than half his life, decided to try the 264-mile relay to Mt. Wilson anyway. Landsberg's daring plan...
Atomic Data. There has been a stultifying deadlock in the exchange of atomic information between the two countries ever since the Klaus Fuchs spy case. Churchill and Truman agreed that scientific experts should study ways & means of ending the impasse...
There is no way around this situation. The fantastic secrecy is all the more fantastic because it is absolutely necessary. Anyone disposed to argue that point has been answered by Klaus Fuchs and his fellow atomic spies. Information given by them to the Russians probably saved months of research and effort on the part of the Kremlin's scientists...