Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Butler akakurumidza kupfuura vamwe vakawanda kuziva chinjo yomunzanga iyo hondo yaizounza. Akataura naRobert Barrington-Ward we"The Times" (February 12, 1940) pamusoro pe"shanduko itsva yemagariro iri kuita nzira yayo, uye nzira yokufanoona nayo nokuiita". Maisky akakurudzira (22 February) Butler semurevereri muhondo yeRusso-Finnish
. Channon akanga achishora ikoku, achifunga kuti kwaizorangarirwa serimwe Munich. Butler akaramba (12 March) hurongwa hwehurumende hwokutumira boka revashandi kuFinland kana hurukuro neSoviets dzakaputsika.