In his assessment of Fuchs, Skardon stated: "The general impression is that of a strong character, and of a man who would be likely to make up his mind by intellectual processes akin to those which he uses in his profession as a mathematician. Having arrived at a conclusion, such a man is unlikely ever to depart from it, accepting it as logically determined and therefore final. If this view is correct, it would be consistent with the theory that Fuchs, having been a convinced communist as a young man, has never lost his convictions of that time."