Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuisa kwake udzvinyiriri hwoumambo, Carol II akasimbisazve Gigurtu somutezo weSuperior Economic Council muna April 1938. Akabva amuita gurukota rezvemabasa ehurumende nekutaurirana (Mbudzi 1939 kusvika Chikumi 1940), gurukota rezvekunze (Chikumi 1 kusvika Chikumi 28, 1940) uye munyori wehurumende ane chinzvimbo chegurukota (Chikumi 28 kusvika Chikunguru 4, 1940) mumakabhini akateedzana akatungamirwa naGheorghe Tătărescu. Izvi zvakabatana nemamiriro ezvinhu akashata, umo Soviet Union yakamanikidza Romania kuti ipe matunhu eBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina ("ona
Basa reSoviet reBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina"). Senhengo yeDare reCrown rakanyatsosarudzwa, Gigurtu pachake akabatanidzwa muchisarudzo chokugamuchira zvinodikanwa zveSoviet. Sezvo nyika yakasiiwa yakaparadzaniswa apo mubatanidzwa wayo neUnited Kingdom neFrance wakaputsika, uye yakauya pasi pekumanikidzwa kwakawedzera kubva kuNazi Germany, Carol akadzinga Tătărescu. Pakutanga, kugadzwa kwaGigurtu saGurukota rezvekunze kwakaratidza kutendeukira kuGerman: aive achitsiva Grigore Gafencu, uyo aifarira kuenderera mberi kwehurongwa hweRomania hwekusava nedivi repamutemo, uye izvi zvakakurumidza kutungamira kuchibvumirano chekuzvipira kuendesa huwandu hwakagadziriswa hwepeturu yeRomania kuGerman mukutsinhana nemidziyo yemauto.