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	The '''Combined Development Agency''' ('''CDA'''), originally the Combined Development Trust (CDT), was a defense purchasing authority established in 1944 by the governments of the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Uranium: A Strategic Source of Energy\|author=Marian Radetzki\|year=1980\|page=39\|publisher=Croom Helm, London\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Or8OAAAAQAAJ&q=Combined+Development+Agency+uranium \| isbn=978-0-7099-0340-6}}</ref> Its role was to ensure adequate supplies of [[uranium]] for the respective countries weapons development programs.		The '''Combined Development Agency''' ('''CDA'''), originally the Combined Development Trust (CDT), was a defense purchasing authority established in 1944 by the governments of the [[United States]] and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Uranium: A Strategic Source of Energy\|author=Marian Radetzki\|year=1980\|page=39\|publisher=Croom Helm, London\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Or8OAAAAQAAJ&q=Combined+Development+Agency+uranium \| isbn=978-0-7099-0340-6}}</ref> Its role was to ensure adequate supplies of [[uranium]] for the respective countries weapons development programs.

	The agency initiated a range of incentives to several countries to encourage exploration and a fast buildup of mineral reserves. The main countries targeted for the programs were the US, [[Canada]], [[South Africa]], and to a limited extent [[Australia]]. The countries tried to monopolize on the resources of the territories they owned or that had hardly any claim. The [[Belgian Congo]] was an example of the third world place that was used for its resources.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Vestergaard\|first=Cindy\|date=July 2014\|title=Greenland, Denmark and the pathway to uranium supplier status\|journal=The Extractive Industries and Society\|volume=2\|doi=10.1016/j.exis.2014.10.001\|pages=153–161}}</ref>		The agency initiated a range of incentives to several countries to encourage exploration and a fast buildup of mineral reserves. The main countries targeted for the programs were the US, [[Canada]], [[South Africa]], and to a limited extent [[Australia]]. The countries tried to monopolize on the resources of the territories they owned or that had hardly any claim. The [[Belgian Congo]] was an example of the third world place that was used for its resources.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Vestergaard\|first=Cindy\|date=July 2014\|title=Greenland, Denmark and the pathway to uranium supplier status\|journal=The Extractive Industries and Society\|volume=2\|doi=10.1016/j.exis.2014.10.001\|pages=153–161}}</ref>