THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Round-the-World Stroking

Vice President Spiro Agnew packed up his clubs, bade farewell to Fellow Golfer Bob Hope in Palm Springs, and embarked upon an official good-will tour of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. In all, he will be out of the country for 32 days, longer than any Vice President since Richard Nixon.

The ten nations Agnew will visit during the trip abroad, his third since taking office, have, in the main, authoritarian governments. Most have no pressing problems with the U.S., or great influence in matters of international urgency. Only in South...

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