In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Luxembourg Ambassador to Moscow with accreditation to Poland and Finland from 1971 to 1973, describes the material and human resources of the Embassy at the time and discusses his main activities during this period. He also describes his activities as a concert pianist in Moscow and his meetings with great Russian musicians such as Mstislav Rostropovich and Dmitri Shostakovich.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Luxembourg Ambassador to Moscow with accreditation to Poland and Finland from 1971 to 1973 and Head of the Luxembourg delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) from 1972 to 1973, discusses the main issues surrounding this conference. He particularly mentions the role played by Finnish President Urho Kekkonen during the conference and refers to the human rights situation in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) at that time.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Luxembourg Ambassador to Moscow with accreditation to Poland and Finland from 1971 to 1973, discusses the nature of the bilateral relations between Luxembourg and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during this period.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Luxembourg Ambassador to Moscow with accreditation to Poland and Finland from 1971 to 1973, discusses his encounters with Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 to 2011, and Yuri Andropov, Chairman of the KGB from 1967 to 1982 and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1982 to 1984.