Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 26 o Pipiri, 1940, ka tukuna e te Soviet Union he kupu whakamutunga, e tono ana kia tukua atu e Romania a Bessarabia. I te wa o nga whakaaro a te Kaunihera Karauna i te ra i muri mai, i pooti tuatahi a Andrei ki te whakakore i te mutunga, engari i te pooti tuarua, whakatau, i pooti ia me te nuinga ki te whakaae. Ko te mahi a te Soviet i Bessarabia me Northern Bukovina
i tukuna a Romania ki roto i te raru torangapu.