The formal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_Prussia" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abolition of Prussia">abolition of Prussia</a> is proclaimed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Control_Council" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allied Control Council">Allied Control Council</a>, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the <i id="mwnw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preußenschlag" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Preußenschlag">Preußenschlag</a></i> of 1932.<sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_25#cite_note-16" id="mwoQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwog">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt89" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBx8"><a class="external text" href="https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1947v02/d327" id="mwByA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Acting Political Adviser for Germany (Muccio) to the Secretary of State"</a>. <i id="mwByE">Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Council of Foreign Ministers; Germany and Austria, Volume II</i>. Washington, DC: Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State. 1947. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200709100915/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1947v02/d327" id="mwByI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2020<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwByM">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwByQ">7 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt89" class="Z3988" id="mwByU" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Foreign+Relations+of+the+United+States%2C+1947%2C+Council+of+Foreign+Ministers%3B+Germany+and+Austria%2C+Volume+II&amp;rft.atitle=The+Acting+Political+Adviser+for+Germany+%28Muccio%29+to+the+Secretary+of+State&amp;rft.date=1947&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.state.gov%2Fhistoricaldocuments%2Ffrus1947v02%2Fd327&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+25"></span></span>