There was a great deal of criticism of then-president Chiang Ching-kuo in Tang's statements. His company asked the Institute to hold off publication until after Chiang's death, and the Institute acceded to this request and did not publish the entire text until 1993. Today the emphasis in oral history is on getting a book out right away.
唐傳宗的口述裡，有很多批評先總統蔣經國的文字，唐榮企業要求在蔣經國逝世後才可出版，近史所按照他的想法，全書遲至民國八十二年才出版。