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Lbj's home turf to talk to nixon face-to-face. >> he and johnson in some ways shared character traits. raised in rural areas without prestigious educations. they both felt inferior in their own way to the northeastern establishment elites that they felt like they're battling both in the press and in government. so they carry those kind of sort of chip on their shoulders. >> since march, johnson had been struggling to coax north vietnam into talks with south vietnam. negotiations looked promising, but it was far from a done deal. >> nixon fears that north vietnamese will accept johnson's condit...