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Cryptonym: LYRE

Definition:

The LYRE team was associated with AMDENIM-1 (Alberto Fernandez Hechevarria) and AMEPOCH-6. Specific role and purpose unknown.

Status:

Documented

Discussion:

A dispatch in October of 1962 stated that "the internal asset AMEPOCH-6 whom AMDENIM-1 developed thru a legal traveler who carried in an SW system, has now been contacted thru a YELLOWTAIL III sea rendezvous and is being prepared to receive an initial increment of the LYRE team for relay into the Matanzas area. It is hoped to make AMEPOCH-6 a ratline for the remainder of this team and the materiel they will require to carry out their operational tasks." A cable to JMWAVE on February 27, 1963, mentioned that the LYRE team had been terminated.

Sources:

104-10172-10141: PROGRESS REPORT 30 SEPTEMBER 1962.

10/17/62: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, Task Force W: Page 2: ..."5. The internal asset AMEPOCH-6 whom AMDENIM-1 (Alberto Fernandez Hechevarria) developed thru a legal traveler who carried in an SW system, has now been contacted thru a YELLOWTAIL III sea rendezvous and is being prepared to receive an initial increment of the LYRE team for relay into the Matanzas area. It is hoped to make AMEPOCH-6 a ratline for the remainder of this team and the materiel they will require to carry out their operational tasks. See UFGA-6159 for the YELLOWTAIL III After Action Report on the sea rendezvous..."

104-10236-10331: CABLE: AS 30 NOV GROUP STILL MEMBER OF AMBUD ACCORDING LATEST HQS INFO

02/27/63: Cable to JMWAVE: TYPIC: "REF WAVE 4960: As 30 Nov group still member of AMBUD (Cuban Revolutionary Council - CRC) according latest HQs info and therefore still being subsidized by AMBUD, assume para 10 ref refers only to termination of LYRE team not termination WAVE relations with 30 Nov group." Handwritten: "CI PW (or PM?)."