Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuli na 1940, a lokacin rikicin lokacin da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina suka ba da Soviet Union
, An nada Manoilescu ministan harkokin waje a cikin gwamnatin pro-fascist karkashin jagorancin Ion Gigurtu. Sabon zartarwa ya fuskanci ƙoƙarin da Hungary ta yi nasara a ƙarshe, wanda Italiya da Nazi Jamus suka goyi baya, don sake duba kan iyakarta da Romania ta yarjejeniyar Trianon, a zahiri umarni ne. Manoilescu, wanda ya kasance mai goyon bayan ƙungiyar Axis, ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi amfani da tasirinsa tare da hukumomin Italiya. Don tabbatar da ƙarancin rikice-rikice na duniya ga Romania, ya kuma ba da damar barin Kudancin Dobruja zuwa Bulgaria (duk da cewa Jamus ba ta haɗa da wannan bita a cikin buƙatunta ga zartarwa na Romania ba), hanyar da ta haifar da Yarjejeniyar Craiova.