Goiás would be relevant for a guerrilla war because of its central position in the country and proximity to Brasília. In the north of Goiás, currently Tocantins, the guerrillas fixed their base in the current municipality of Rio da Conceição, then the town of Dianópolis. It had appropriate terrain for the formation of hiding places and, while it was isolated by land, it had air transportation to Goiânia and Belém. Clodomir chose this point for its proximity to Bahia. There were gold miners "recognized as fearless men and thus fit for the revolutionary struggle" and many poor peasants. The peasant leader José Porfírio de Souza supported the guerrilla project. Near the site, in the current municipality of Combinado, a settlement of the "Combined Agro-Urbanos" program of Mauro Borges, governor of Goiás, was established in 1962. Inspired by Israeli kibbutz, the program had an appeasing character, of a peaceful counter-revolution, and is characterized as an agrarian reform or counter-reform. It is possible that the settlement was a reaction to the Peasant Leagues, or that it attracted them.
