Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Erkko te Minita o ngā Take o waho i waenganui i te 1938 me te 1939, i te wā i tirotirohia ai e te Finns te Soviet Union. I tono nga Rōpū o Rōpū ki te whakawhiti i nga rohe ki a Finland. Kaore a Erkko i pai ki te tuku i tetahi mea. Ko te Pakanga o te Hotoke
I te tīmatanga o te pakanga, ka whakaritea e Väinö Tanner he kāwanatanga hou, ā, ka whakatau ia ki te whakarite i a ia hei minita mo ngā take o waho. I waenga i te 1939 me te 1940 ko ia he kaitohutohu i Stockholm.