The main vehicle for such operations was "L’entreprise des Travaux Ruraux" (The Rural Work Enterprise), supposedly an agricultural engineering program, which performed clandestine counter-espionage under the command of Captain Paillole. In August 1942, the BMA was dissolved and recreated clandestinely as the Military Security Service by Pierre Laval and Admiral Darlan, who needed such an organisation to try to preserve Vichy French sovereignty. Paillole was given control of this new organization.
The primary means of carrying out such operations was "L'entreprise des Travaux Ruraux" (The Rural Work Enterprise), supposedly an agricultural engineering program, which secretly conducted clandestine counter-intelligence under Captain Paillole's command. In August 1942, the BMA was dissolved and re-established in secret as the Military Security Service by Pierre Laval and Admiral Darlan, who required this organization to attempt to preserve Vichy French autonomy.