 During the negotiations pre-dating the Treaty of Paris, the United States representative asked for a plebiscite to be held in Bessarabia to decide its future; however, the proposal was rejected by the head of the Romanian delegation, Ion I. C. Brătianu, who claimed such an undertaking would allow the distribution of Bolshevik propaganda in Bessarabia and Romania.A plebiscite was also requested at the Peace Conference by the White Russians, only to be rejected again.The Soviets would continue to press for a plebiscite during the following decade, only to be dismissed every time by the Romanian government.