Everyone knew about the affair, except the ambassador, Johan Helo. But that was how many things were dealt with at the embassy in Paris at the time. Helo had been appointed ambassador in the new wave after the war as one of the so-called Six.
2 Helo's relations with the foreign minister were difficult, but Paasikivi protected Helo right until the end of his period of office. According to Brotherus, the foreign minister even went as far as asking the French ambassador in Helsinki to cancel Schuman's planned visit to Finland.