Cryptonym: AMCHEER
Definition:
The AMCHEERS were a group of approximately 100 older, non-political Cubans, who received training from Dave Morales at JMWAVE as reserve intelligence personnel—80 had been trained by April 1961.
Status:
Documented
Discussion:
AMCHEER-1 was Julio G. Garcia.
Sources:
104-10310-10020: FILE:DDCI DOCUMENTS
A Memo for the Record of a 1961 interview with David Morales discusses the AMOTS and AMFATS anti-Castro groups, and then has this: "The third group were the AMCHEERs, a group of approximately 100 older, nonpolitical individuals, who received training from Morales as a reserve intelligence personnel. Eighty of these had been trained by April 1961 for eventual legal return."
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Contributors:
John Newman