Wu observes that the historical materials that appear in the book as well as the contributions from first-hand participants all possess considerable historical significance. Unabridged and free of annotations, these "raw" historical materials are extremely beneficial to researchers.
吳俊德指出，書中許多史料及發言的個人，都具有相當的歷史意義，這些未經刪節、詮釋的原始資料，對研究者極有助益。