In spring 1944, Coulaudon became head of the Forces françaises de l'intérieur in the Clermont region, comprising four départements: Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire, Cantal and Allier. As a member of the Regional Liberation Committee, he took part on 2 May in the General Meeting of the Auverge Resistance, chaired by Henry Ingrand at Boitout farm, a few kilometres from Paulhaguet. He proposed three hideouts: one at Mont Mouchet, one in the Truyère valley and one at Le Lioran. The proposal was approved and it was decided to create two divisions, one political and one military.