He instructed the two officials to provide relief funds as needed and to strat planning for reconstruction work. Accompanied by Tsiang Yien-si, secretary-general of the Kuomintang Central Committee, President Chiang arrived at the Taoyuan County Government Office at 9: 00 a.m. on May 31. Acting Magistrate Yeh briefed him on the ins and outs of the calamity and what had been done for the flood victims.
蔣總統十分關懷水災情況，五月廿八日當天晚上八時左右，先後撥電話到新竹縣長林保仁、桃園縣代縣長葉國光家中，詢問兩縣的災情，並指示兩位縣長從優救濟水災死難者家屬，並盡速重建被洪水衝毀的橋樑、堤防與房屋。