Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Erkko akanga ari Gurukota rezvekunze pakati pa1938 na1939, sezvo vaFinland vakataurirana neSoviet Union. VaSoviet vaida kuchinjana nzvimbo neFinland. Erkko akanga asingadi kubvuma chero chinhu chipi zvacho. Sezvo Hondo yeZima
Vatungamiri vehurumende vakatanga, Väinö Tanner akagadza hurumende itsva uye akasarudza kuzvigadza pachake somutungamiri wehurumende yokunze. Pakati pa1939 na1940 akanga ari chargé d'affaires muStockholm.