Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1939, ka noho ia hei Minita mo ngā Take o waho. Mo nga tau e rua e whai ake nei, i ngana ia ki te whakarite i te tuatangata o Romania, i mau ki waenga o Tiamana me te Soviet Union. Ko ana mahi i whiwhi i nga taurangi mai i France me Great Britain, engari kaore i whakaute. Whai muri i te whakaekenga o Northern Transylvania e Hungary hei hua o te Tohu Tuarua o Vienna, me Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, me te rohe o Hertza i whakaekehia e te Soviet Union
I te tau 1940, i tukuna ia hei karere ki Moscow, i noho ai ia tae noa ki te timatanga o te pakanga ki te Soviet Union i te 21 o Pipiri 1941. Kātahi ka noho ia ki Geneva, Switzerland.