Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1958, e guzobere kabinet nke atọ nke Karl-August Fagerholm, gọọmentị jikọrọ aka nke Social Democratic Party (SDP) duziri na nke gụnyere ndị otu Kekkonen Agrarian League. A hapụrụ SKDL nke ndị Kọmunist. Nke a kpasuru Soviet Union iwe n'ihi nsonye nke ndị minista sitere na nku ndị na-emegide ọchịchị Kọmunist nke SDP, ya bụ Väinö Leskinen na Olavi Lindblom. Ndị Soviet Union lere ha anya dị ka ụmụ bebi nke onyeisi oche SDP na-emegide ọchịchị Kọmunist bụ Väinö Tanner, bụ onye a mara ikpe na
ikpe ikpe agha. Kekkonen dọrọ aka na ntị megide nke a mana SDP leghaara ya anya. Nsogbu Night Frost Crisis, dị ka Nikita Khrushchev si kpọọ ya, dugara ná nrụgide Soviet megide Finland n'ihe ndị metụtara akụ̀ na ụba. Kekkonen kwadoro Soviet Union, na-arụ ọrụ n'azụ ọnọdụ megide ụlọ ọrụ ahụ; ụlọ ọrụ Fagerholm gbara arụkwaghịm na Disemba 1958. Ministri mba ofesi nke Finland leghaara onyinye United States maka enyemaka dị ka onye nnọchi anya John D. Hickerson kwere nkwa (lee Country-studies.com, US Embassy na Finland website, US State Department website) na November 1958. Kekkonen doziri nsogbu ahụ na Jenụwarị 1959, mgbe ọ gara na nzuzo na Moscow iji soro Khrushchev na Andrei Gromyko kwurịta okwu. Nsogbu ahụ merụrụ nnwere onwe nke ndị otu ahụ ịhazi gọọmentị jikọtara ọnụ, nke mere na mgbe nsogbu ahụ gasịrị, a hụrụ Kekkonen dị ka naanị ikike iji kpebie ndị otu nwere ike isonye na gọọmentị.