The redacted portion of the 1982 letter which is owned by emory university and no one is allowed to photograph was transcribed by garro's friend harvey claire. "I believe this is an attempt to remove oneself from the present a refusal perhaps to perpetuate the endless farce of earthly life," Obama wrote in1982. The original transcript can be found at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615884/Obama-Letter-Redacted and-Transcripted By Harvey Claire.html#storylink=cpy. This article has been amended to make it clear thatharvey claire, not obama, translated