Some emphasize that Tan Kah Kee remained faithful to the Communists until his death, but there are also people who revealed that the old man was restricted in every avenue of life, and he remained in a state of melancholy until his death.
只是這一段日子，留下來的史料並不完整，有人強調陳嘉庚至死仍對共產黨信念不渝，但也有人透露出老人家處處受限、「抑鬱以終」的無奈。