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Six-year-old Finnish girl Helga Hiltunen wrote a letter to God before Christmas asking him to give her 100 marks. In Finland, only the president of the republic has the right to open letters with the wrong address.

So the letter addressed to "Mr. God" was read by Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, who successfully ruled the country from 1958 to 1982. Kekkonen decided to fulfill the girl's request, but thought that 50 marks would be enough for such a small child. He ordered that the money and the letter "from God" be brought to her in his car. Soon, another letter from Helga arrived at the office. She wrote that the entire street was staring at the president's car that had stopped near her house. The girl asked God not to give anyone money through the president anymore, because he had stolen half of it.