The idea was supported by Polish Human Rights Party based in Vilnius, with Jan Ciechanowicz as its leader. Ciechanowicz has discussed the proposition with Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union. The results of this conversation remain unknown, however, Gorbachev was interested in weakening the government of Lithuania, and passed it along to Wojciech Jaruzelski, president of Poland, who is said to also support the proposition.[1][2][3]