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Loaded with evidence and about to spring their story, the reporters were worried that the would-be Führer Björn Lundahl, 30, might be wise to them. They sent him a phony message, urging him to travel to a town near the Finnish border where he would meet agents who would take him to Cairo. The Führer complied. While he was gone, the reporters handed in their stories; the paper notified the police. "They couldn't believe their ears," said Expressen Editor Per Wrigstad...
...Against Israel. Scooping all other Swedish papers as well as the police, the exposé revealed that Lundahl, who also belongs to the U.S. Ku Klux Klan, had been negotiating for some time with the United Arab Republic. He had asked for Egyptian arms, with which a prospective 1,000 Nazi followers would seize Stockholm. In return, Lundahl promised to confiscate all Jewish property in Sweden, execute important Jews, and provide the U.A.R. with 5,000 troops in a war against Israel...
Other Swedish papers belittled the expose; one went so far as to speculate that it might be an "unfunny practical joke." But it was no laughing matter to the government. While admitting that the Nazi peril had been exaggerated by Expressen, the government nevertheless charged Lundahl with "armed threat against lawful order," an offense that could jail him for ten years. Meanwhile Granquist, for fear of his life, fled to Israel, where the newspapers were giving the story almost as big a play as the Swedish press...
...What am I bid for the entire property?" asked Special Master Lundahl. "Twenty-three million dollars," said Bidder Moffat...
...Sold!" said Mr. Lundahl, and the little crowd which had huddled around the old wood-burning stove prepared to leave...