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"(HE CANFIELD DECISION" "The Canfield Decision" is a novel by former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew which concerns itself with "political intrigue, sexial dalliance and high drama... in the power cities of the world among men and women who vie for the tangible rewards and hidden spoils of high office," The book is published by Playboy Press, the book publishing division of Playboy =. Enterprises, Inc., of Chicago, T1l., and distributed by Simon & Schuster, Inc., of New York (344 pps., $8.95). "The Canfield Decision" is set in 1983. Its central character is Porter Canfield, 48, a member of a wealthy and prominent Philadelphia Main Line family and “darling of the Eastern Establishment" who is Vice President in the lame duck administration of President Walter Hurley. Canfield, a "ruthlessly ambitious" man, seizes on the unrest and exasperation at home and the storm clouds gathering over the Middle East to seek the Presidency. His first move for recognition is to establish his independence from the incumbent President. Canfield sets nis plan in motion with a speech concerning arms to Israel, Contradicting official foreign policy and splitting with the Pres~ ident's views, Canfield publicly advocates that the United States supply Israel with intermediate-range nuclear ballistic missiles. Although this proves to be a popular position, Canfield's speech touches off a series of dramatic events, international intrigue, danger and passion that nearly culminates in World War III, Canfield‘'s maneuverings play inte the hands of various nationalistic groups, including militant Zionists, terrorists, and some people who are not what they seem to be, who combine "to plet the destruction of American