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Otherwise, conceded one Agnew aide: "There is no rationale for the trip as a whole, but there is a separate rationale for each of the countries...
...Agnew provided some stop-by-stop rationales of stunning inconsequentiality: SPAIN. "The Spanish stop comes about as a result of Prince Juan Carlos visiting the last space shot and conversations we had there." ETHIOPIA. "Haile Selassie was in the U.S. recently. Again, this was his express wish that we visit there; we had an invitation on that one." KENYA. "There's not any particular problem there, but I don't believe there have been any American visitors in Nairobi in some time...
...White House line is that Agnew is carrying a message of good will as well as an "explanation of the Nixon foreign policy." That should leave ample time for golf: enroute to South Korea, Agnew toured the course in Guam. He plans a "logistics" stay in Singapore, whose Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is an ardent golfer...
What then, is the Vice President-or the President-up to? One speculation is that the trip is a graceful easing out of Agnew, that Nixon may be giving his Vice President a farewell taste of the trappings of glory before bouncing him from the 1972 ticket. Some support can be found for the theory. Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally Jr. was last week tapped to announce the Administration's latest economic stance, a clear sign of Presidential favor...
More likely, however, the trip is intended to upgrade the Agnew image. After his abrasive appearances on the U.S. banquet circuit, distance may lend Agnew the aura of an American statesman. Then, too, there is not much for Agnew to do at home just now. Summer months are slim ones on the political fund-raising circuit...