Theodore Carter Achilles (December 29, 1905 – April 8, 1986) was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to Peru and the first director of the Department of State Operations Center.

[1][2] Achilles was born 29 December 1905 in Rochester, New York, to Gertrude Strong, the daughter of Eastman Kodak president Henry A.

Achilles's uncle, George R. Carter, was the second Governor of Hawaii, married to Helen Strong, another daughter of Henry A.

The following year, he held the same position in Rome and was assigned the Department of State in 1935 to work with the general disarmament conference in Geneva.

Achilles returned to Washington, D.C., in 1947 to head the Office of Western European Affairs, at the Department of State.

Before his retirement, Achilles worked with the State Department towards the establishment of the Operations Center and served as its first director in 1961.

During his earlier days at the State Department, Achilles was a victim of Vincenzo Bafaro, who faked his signature on forged government documents.

He was a major player in the drafting of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, and much of the later years of his life were spent pushing for further integration of NATO.