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...Agnew's surprise statement, which came during a question-answer period with members of the Harvard Republican Club, followed reports that Agnew's aides had told the Vice President to divorce himself from the bugging scandal...
...aides told Agnew that his connection with the Nixon Administration and the Watergate affair could severely hamper his 1976 presidential hopes...
...Agnew said yesterday he has not yet decided whether to run in 1976 and that he would withdraw from consideration if a strong Republican candidate were to emerge. He added he would not run as the vice-presidential candidate on a Republican ticket...
Until yesterday Agnew had made no public statement regarding his reaction to the Watergate break-in or the alleged attempts to cover up the bugging incident...
...Agnew refused to specify what action he would take if Nixon is shown to have had prior knowledge of the bugging. he said his decision would depend on whether the President has approved or vetoed the espionage attempts...