{OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
CANADA}
Personal
Ottawa,
December 29, 1946
C. Mortimer Bezeau, Esq.,
12 Ellen Street East,
Kitchener, Ontario.
My dear Bezeau:
You sent me, on December 21st, a most interesting letter, which, until today, I have had no chance to acknowledge except by a card of Christmas greetings.
Please believe that I share all your feelings about making progress in the right direction and not allowing individual liberties to be destroyed. Some day, I may have a chance to talk about the matter, also to tell you why certain actions, though unpleasant, were inevitable with regard to one or two of the matters to which your letter refers. With what I have to overtake before the old year is out, I cannot do more than send you a reassuring word as to my remaining true to the faith.
I appreciate deeply your words of encouragement as to my continuing to carry on, and the hope that I may have strength sufficient to stay at the helm.
Please allow this letter to bring to Mrs. Bezeau and yourself, and to all of your family, my good wishes for the New Year.
Yours sincerely,
[signed] W.L.Mackenzie King.
