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 main vehicle for these covert operations was "L'entreprise des Travaux Ruraux" (The Rural Work Enterprise), supposedly an agricultural engineering program, which secretly conducted espionage countermeasures under Captain Paillole's leadership. In August 1942, the BMA was disbanded and reconstituted in secret as the Military Security Service by Pierre Laval and Admiral Darlan, who needed this organization to try to maintain Vichy French sovereignty.