Victor John Krehbiel (1905–1997) was the head of the Republican Party of California, and served as the American ambassador to Finland (1973–1975), a position he was accused of buying with campaign contributions.
[4] He was on Nixon's finance committee when he sought reelection to congress in 1948, and as Area Chairman during the 1950 Senatorial campaign.
[12] In 1962, He was an early backer of Nixon's run for governor, and made headlines with his denunciation of Freedom Riders.
[3] At the time of his appointment as ambassador to Finland, Khrebiel was 67 and a senior field underwriter for the Aetna Life and Casualty Company in South Laguna, California.
According to preliminary reports from the General Accounting Office, he raised funds for Nixon for at least a decade and contributed at least $30,000[14] to the President's campaign in 1972.