But to avoid impressions of impropriety, Chiang declined the Lin family's gift, and after much to and fro it was decided that the government would lease the land rent-free and in perpetuity, thus securing land use rights. Only in 1975, after Chiang Kai-shek's death, did Chiang Ching-kuo agree to accept the gift, remembering the Lin family's good faith.
但蔣中正不願意無端接受林家的饋贈，經過多次協調，決定由政府出面，以無限期無償租賃的方式，取得「新埤」的使用權；1975 年蔣中正過世後，蔣經國感念林家的誠意，同意接受捐贈。