 Baskin made contact with Prime Minister Olmert and informed him of this contact with Hamas.On 9 September 2006 Baskin arranged for a hand written letter from Schalit to be delivered to the Representative Office of Egypt in Gaza, the first sign of life from Schalit and the proof of an actual channel of communication had been established.But later that day, Olmert's representative, Ofer Deckel told Baskin that he had to step down from his efforts because the Egyptian intelligence was taking over.