Since John Kennedy would disguise the details of his Addison’s disease for the rest of his life, it is possible that those Kennedy family members with knowledge of his Tokyo crisis chose not to talk about it—other than Robert Kennedy’s brief comments about the fever’s climax in Okinawa, which omitted any mention of Addison’s disease. John Kennedy’s detailed personal diary of the trip contains no mention of his experience in Tokyo, as he may have been too tired, busy, or sick by then to make notes.
