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XI. PUBLICITY & MOBILE CINEMA.
In 1945# there wore 23 Reading Rooms In tho Kerman
and Yezd areas. All of them wore closed In November 1945 .except
one In Herman and one In Yezd# and in 194& up to the end of Sep-
-toraber Publicity activities were on a greatly reduced scale.
During- this period small quantities of periodicals , pamphlets,
newspapers and magazines lit Persian, French and English were received
from tho P.R.3., Tehran, for the abovenentioned Reading Rooms.
These wore mostly for sale but included some for free distiibution.
Solos did not come up to expectations. The main publicity activity
was cerriecf^through the medium of the Consulate/Mobile Cinema which
gave regular shov/3 throughout the year in Kerman, Sirjan, Bam, Yezd#
Mahon, Rafsinjan, and in villages in the districts, also in Govern-
-ment schools and Military units. This feature has always been most
popular and greatly appreciated especially amongst the villagers
to whom * talkies 1 are a unicue and new experience.
On the 5th September, instructions were received
from the British Embassy, Tehran, to renew and enlarge publicity
activities and the budget was also increased. The name n Publicity
Relations Bureau " was changed to the n British Embassy Information
Department n and reading rooms were opened in Sirjan, 3am, Pvafsinjan,
LbJian, Baft, Bardsir# 3ayaz, and Bezenjan, for which the usual,
reading matter and publicity materials have been received regularly
from the Information Department, with these materials, Magazines and
papers for free distribution amongst Government officials and
notables were also received but the major portion was for sale.
Paper3 for free distribution were found to be short of requirements.
All publicity notarial was sent to out-3tation reading rooms about
2 to 3 times a week by post. The publication of a Daily Hews Bulletin
consisting cf the 7.45 a.*. 3.3.C. news broadcast wan unfortunately
delayed until February 20th owing to the lack of a suitable rtaio-
-set. Photographic build-up3 and miscellaneous posters received were
displayed in all Reading Rooms.

In IToveubei^ a new Cinema Van was received from Tehran
to replace the old one which was reconditioned and presented to the
C.LI.S. Hospital, Kerman.

E. YEZD.
I. CONSULAR SOB-OFFICE.
Mr. Abdur Rahman was Clerk in Charge of the Yezd
Consular Sub-Office throughout the year*
II. VISITORS.

During the period under report .the following stayed
in the guest house of the Consular Sub-Office s-
British 16
Americans 5
Danes 2

III. British Interestsn
(a) Trade.
Most Yezdi merchants have branch offices in Borabsy and
Karachi but none represents any British or Indian firms. They
import chiefly tea, sugar, dyes, cotton piecogoods and spices f*o«
India. Some have applied for agencies of British manufacturers of
bicycles, tyros and tubes, leather goods, cutlory and woolen fabrics
etc. and have been encoureged to address their enquiries to the Indian
Governments Trade Commissioner in Tehran.