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>> we worked together on this speech. we went over march 28th two or three days before the president was going to deliver it, and the president said, maybe i shouldn't run for office. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. >> johnson's speech shocked the world. the president would not run for re-election. and here was his offer to finally end the war. for presidential candidate richard nixon, lbj's peace proposal was a political nightmare. nixon needed the democratic party to own the horror show of the vietnam war, not to solve ...

This long and this bloody war. >> johnson was desperately trying to end the war on his watch. he had it in his head the hope that somehow, some way, he could get the north vietnamese to negotiate and end the war. >> i renew the offer i made last august to stop bombarding north vietnam in the hope that this action will lead to early talks. >> l brbj offers to stop the bombing, only if the north agrees to talk peace with south vietnam and then johnson plays one last card. >> we work together on this speech. we went over march 28th two or three days before the president was going to deliver it an...

>> johnson was desperately trying to end the war on his watch. he had it in his head the hope that somehow, some way he could get the north vietnamese to the negotiating table and end the war. >> i made an offer last august to stop the bombardment of north vietnam and hope that this action will lead to early talks. >> lbj offers to stop the bombing, but only if the north agrees to talk peace with south vietnam. then johnson plays one last card. >> we worked together on the speech. we went over march 28th two or three days before the president was going to deliver it. and the president said may...

Trying to end the war on his watch. he had in his head the hope that somehow, some way he could get the north vietnamese to the negotiating table and end the war. >> i renew the offer i made last august, to stop the bombardment of north vietnam in the hope that this action will lead to early talks. >> lbj offers to stop the bombing, but only if the north agrees to talk peace with south vietnam. then johnson plays one last card. >> we worked together on the speech. we went over march 28th two or three days before the president delivered it and the president said, maybe i shouldn't run for offic...