Wesley Gleason Grapp (1918 – November 1, 2011) was an American FBI agent. He served as head of the Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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(FBI) office. He was the agent who carried out Hoover's orders to give FBI information to
University of California
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senior regent Edwin W. Pauley. Pauley allegedly had a history of political connections with the
Office of Strategic Services
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(OSS), forerunner of today's CIA, as well as a close association with Allen Dulles, OSS, later to serve as director of the
Central Intelligence Agency
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, (1953–1961).
Biography
Wesley Gleason Grapp was born in
Aberdeen, South Dakota
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, on October 19, 1918. He left the FBI in 1972 after 26 years of service and headed security for Flying Tigers Airlines until his retirement in 1982. During
World War II
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