 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989 proposed a peace plan in cooperation with President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah, for the joint cutoff of Soviet and American aid to the government and guerillas respectively, to result in a ceasefire and peace negotiations.Najibullah sought American cooperation in achieving a political solution.However the newly elected administration of George H. W. Bush rejected the plan, expecting to win the war through battle.