Chen Yongshui, vice director at the Committee of Jimei Schools and a distant relative of Tan Kah Kee, said in the beginning the Communists would specially send a messenger to explain the motives of the campaign to the old gentleman and solicit his agreement.
現任集美學校委員會副主任，算輩分是陳嘉庚姪孫的陳永水指出，剛開始，共黨還會派專人南來，向老先生說明運動宗旨，並徵求同意。