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Nachy begins the first session describing her birth and her youth. Nachy talks about her childhood, her upbringing, and her early commitment to the Revolution. Nachy says that her house is not luxurious and that it requires various repairs that have not yet been approved by the government, even though she makes her contributions to the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR). She discusses her school background and all the jobs she has held. At that time, she had to take responsibility for her house, which always belonged to her family, and in which more than twenty people had lived. Nachy remembers the games she used to play when she was young, how boys and girls were separated, and her first talks about sex with her mother. Nachy discusses premarital sex, racism, interracial marriages, and being a Black woman. Nachy comments on the bond with her husband's family. She examines immigration policies in relation to social class. According to Nachy, her neighborhood is not very adept at the Revolution. She questions the Housing Law. Nachy comments on the caring of her children. She discusses motherhood and contraception. Nachy gives her negative opinion on homosexuality and travestismo in Cuba

In the first session, Alina recalls her childhood in San Miguel del Padrón, a settlement in Havana. She also recalls the bond she had with her cousin, the Elián González episode, and her time at the Lenín Institute. Alina describes how she entered the Instituto Superior de Arte. She recalls her fondness for art from a very young age. Alina describes her life at the Instituto Superior de Arte and discusses the lack of economic resources to produce films.

At the beginning of the interview, Celia recalls when her husband had cancer. She then recalls her first jobs and the birth of her children. Celia discusses the functioning of agricultural cooperatives and the Basic Unit of Cooperative Production (UBPC). Celia recalls the emigration of one of her daughters to the United States. She also discusses her husband's lack of participation in household chores. Celia recalls the 1970 harvest and reflects on Raúl Castro's government

Childhood and education, 1882-1912; first decade as diplomat, 1912-1922; sevice in China, 1922-1932; mission to Paris, 1932-1941; second mission to London, 1941-1946; to Washington, 1946-1953; second mission to Washington, 1953-1956; service as foreign minister and premier; representative to League of Nations and United Nations; associate justice of the International Court of Justice at The Hague, 1956-1967; detailed table of contents for all eight volumes. Audio content for this interview is broken into segments that not follow same sequence as the transcript

Childhood; rise of Young China Association, 1918; student life in France; organization of Chinese Communist Party in France, and development of European student connections; return to China, domestic unrest, foreign intervention, 1929-1931; Manchurian Volunteer Army; Battle of the Great Wall; campaigns against Red bandits and to intercept Chu and Mao's march to the West (1933-1935); National United Front, 1937; defense of Wuhan; People's political council, social situation, administration and enforcement of economic control during war; Democratic League and political consultative conference, 1941-1947; Marshall's mission to mediate: reorganization of government and convening of National Assembly; financial bankruptcy and military collapse; Communist Army crosses Yangtse River, period of turmoil, 1949-1953.

Son of Chinese immigrants to Hawaii; return to China, 1911; Commissioner of finance, Canton, 1919-1920; Commissioner of land, Canton, 1926; general manager Canton-Hankow Railway, 1928; managing director Shanghai-Nanking Railway and Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, Shanghai, 1928-29; mayor of Hangchow, 1930; commissioner of finance, Shanghai, 1931; commissioner of land, Shanghai, 1933-1934; visits abroad; rehabilitating shipping; second Japanese invasion; refuge in Macao, hazardous journey to Shiukwan; trek to Chungking, return to America