WAR OFFICE
22nd Aug 1901
557
Dear Lucas,
We are writing to say to S... that we understand Mr. Simpson's work in this command will have been printed by Oct, asking if at the end of ... it is ... and mention that you wished his presence in Hong Kong at that moment and will communicate with him.
It is probable the delay will not affect your investigation while it will enable us to complete ours.
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Page 557 appears to be a snippet, and the text is not fully coherent due to OCR errors and missing information.
Revised version with proper formatting and corrections:
# WAR OFFICE
## 22nd Aug 1901
Dear Lucas,
We are writing to say to S... that we understand Mr Simpson's work in this command will have been printed by Oct, asking if at the end of ... it is ... and mention that you wished his presence in Hong Kong at that moment and will communicate with him.
It is probable the delay will not affect your investigation while it will enable us to complete ours.
Yours,
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However, to follow the exact output format requested:WAR OFFICE
557
22nd Aug 1901
Dear Lucas,
We are writing to say to S... that we understand Mr. Simpson's work in this command will have been printed by Oct, asking if at the end of ... it is ... and mention that you wished his presence in Hong Kong at that moment and will communicate with him.
It is probable the delay will not affect your investigation while it will enable us to complete ours.
Yours,
Page 557
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Page 557
becomes
WAR OFFICE
557
22nd Aug 1901
Dear Lucas,
We are writing to say to S... that we understand Mr. Simpson's work in this command will have been printed by Oct, asking if at the end of ... it is ... and mention that you wished his presence in Hong Kong at that moment and will communicate with him.
It is probable the delay will not affect your investigation while it will enable us to complete ours.
Yours,
Page 557
The final output is:WAR OFFICE
557
22nd Aug 1901
Dear Lucas,
We are writing to say to S... that we understand Mr. Simpson's work in this command will have been printed by Oct, asking if at the end of ... it is ... and mention that you wished his presence in Hong Kong at that moment and will communicate with him.
It is probable the delay will not affect your investigation while it will enable us to complete ours.
Yours,
Page 557