In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, a member of the Luxembourg Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York and Luxembourg Consul in New York from 1958 to 1960, discusses the difficulties he encountered in becoming Legation Secretary at the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), then to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), in 1962. He particularly emphasises the role played by Pierre Pescatore, General Secretary at the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Legation Secretary at the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) from 1962 to 1967, describes the nature of his activities during this period. He particularly mentions his activities at NATO and the role he played in establishing the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organisation (NAMSO) and its executive arm, the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA), in Luxembourg.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Legation Secretary then Legation Counsellor (from 1965) at the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) from 1962 to 1967, discusses the position of Charles de Gaulle, French President from 1958 to 1969, with regard to NATO and the European integration process.