 13e RDP operators are also reported to be highly requested to join the Service Action of the "Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure" (D.G.S.E, French Intelligence Service).In April 1960, the French Army in Germany decided to form an experimental long range intelligence company, the 7th company of Commandos, based on earlier work in Indochina and Algeria.The 7th company developed survival and reconnaissance procedures for operating behind enemy lines.