At that time foreign reporters were gathering, and rumors were flying, but hard news was hard to come by. Wire reports were cut to pieces by censors. Foreign reporters complained.
當時，敏感的外籍記者群集京滬，大小道消息充斥，然而搜證不易，電稿經常被扣剪得體無完膚，時任軍事委員長的老蔣總統和實質上參與外交事務的蔣夫人，常常接到外籍記者的申訴，抱怨檢查過嚴。