The much awaited letter finally arrived. Musharraf's reply to Vajpayee's offer of lastweek was delivered to the indian foreign secretary Chokila Iyer in New Delhi by thePakistan High Commissioner Ashraf Jehangir Qazi. Unlike Vajpayee, who, in his invitation, avoided any reference to contentious issues,Musharraf, in his reply to the prime minister, was direct and to the point: