[AS][CS6]Paste into from one document to another

Hello,
I have a group in a first InDesign document and I want to paste it into a frame in another document. Exactly like a Copy / Paste Into.
I tried this, but that doesn't work:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"
set MyDocument1 to document 1
set MyDocument2 to document 2
tell MyDocument1
  set MyGroup to (item 1 of all page items whose label is "group_1")
end tell
tell MyDocument2
  set MyFrame to (item 1 of all page items whose label is "frame_1")
end tell
set MyFrame to MyGroup -- doesn't work!
end tell

hi jaguar0006
try something like this, no error trapping
tell application "Adobe InDesign CC"
          set a_Doc to active document
          set a_Sel to page items of a_Doc
          try
                    set mySpread to spread 1 of active document
  select (a_Sel)
  copy
          end try
          set active document to document 2
          set a_Sel2 to page item 1 of active document
  select (a_Sel2)
          try
  paste into
          end try
end tell

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