Machado Lopes only had the "Unified Command of the Armed Forces of the South": the 3rd Army, a minority of the Air Force (5th Air Zone), the Military Brigade and the Public Forces. The BM was removed from "restless Mr. Leonel Brizola" by having its commander, Colonel Diomário Morgen, integrated into the General Staff. The hypothesis of the campaign was to invade São Paulo by three axes and advance towards Rio de Janeiro. The expected advantages were the enemy's defection and popular support; Machado Lopes hoped that São Paulo public opinion would "relive 1932". The III Army was the largest, but the I Army, in Guanabara, was also strong and included the Armored Division and the paratroopers.