Guerillas were recruited by former members of EOKA.[4] Apart from communists, who were excluded as in the EOKA's struggle, the organisation had hostile feelings for Greek Cypriots who failed to accept Makarios as their leader leader, which included ultranationalists who rejected the London-Zürich Agreements[5]. EOK had striking similarities with EOKA, from the structure and the division to tomeis, and its name was also coined to resemble that of EOKA.[6] A joint military exercise was performed in presidential resident in Troodos mountain, along with Greek ELDYK in 1962,[7] other military exercises of smaller-scale also took place in 1962 and 1963.[8]