Declassified Ike papers show range of concerns

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TOPEKA | Newly released documents show President Dwight D. Eisenhower expressed great faith in the capabilities of Earl Warren to serve as U.S. Supreme Court justice.

The Kansan Republican wrote in October 1953 that he was willing to leave the GOP and form his own party should the U.S. Senate balk at Warren.

The same diary entry shows the president had grave concerns about the implications of U.S. efforts to restore the Shah of Iran to power through covert operations.

"If knowledge of them became public, we would not only be embarrassed in that region, but our chances to do anything of like nature in the future would almost totally disappear," Eisenhower wrote.



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