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                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                      ________________________
                                  
                                  
                              FORM 8-K
                                  
                                  
                           CURRENT REPORT
                 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                 THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                  
                                  
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 17, 1997__



                         ALLEN TELECOM INC.
         (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
                                  
                                  

     Delaware                      1-6016         (38-0290950)
(State of Other Jurisdiction    (Commission       (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)           File Number)     Identification No.



     25101 Chagrin Boulevard, Beachwood, Ohio     44122-5619
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code  216/765-5818



                         THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
   (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)




             Exhibit Index is on page 4 of this Report.
                         Page 1 of 6 pages.
                                  
                                  

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information
          and Exhibits

          (c)  Exhibits

               (99) News Release dated April 17, 1997


Item 9.   Sales of Equity Securities Pursuant to Regulation S

          On April 17, 1997, Allen Telecom Inc., through its wholly
          owned French subsidiary, Allen Telecom (France), S.A.,
          acquired 6,200 shares of Telia S.A., located in France,
          representing 62% of the outstanding capital of Telia.  The
          remaining shares of Telia are subject to put and call
          options, which provide for a purchase price based upon
          future operating results.

          As part of the acquisition, the sellers received a total
          of 28,375 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per
          share, of Allen Telecom Inc. (the "Shares"), which
          represented about 20% of the purchase price.  The Shares
          were issued pursuant to Regulation S, promulgated by the
          Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
          Act of 1933, as amended.  The remaining 80% of the
          purchase price was paid in cash.

          A press release dated April 17, 1997, announcing the
          acquisition of Telia by Allen, is filed as Exhibit 99 to
          this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

                                  
                                  
                             SIGNATURES
                                  
                                  
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                   ALLEN TELECOM INC.
                                   (Registrant)



                                   By:   /s/ McDara P. Folan, III
                                        McDara P. Folan, III
                                        Vice President, Secretary
                                        and General Counsel



Date:     April 29, 1997



                         ALLEN TELECOM INC.
                                  
                            EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number                                              Page

    99  Press Release dated April 17, 1997 . . . . . . .     5














                                                          Exhibit 99

                                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                  
                                  
            ALLEN TELECOM ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF TELIA
                                  
                                  
     Beachwood, Ohio, April 17, 1997 -- Allen Telecom Inc. and Telia
S.  A.  of  Bordeaux,  France announced  Allen's  acquisition  of  a
majority  stake in the company for a combination of cash and  stock.
Telia,  with  sales  in excess of $5 million, is a  manufacturer  of
power  amplifiers for the wireless communications  industry.   Their
products range from inexpensive, low power, amplifiers to Class A-B,
high  power, multichannel, highly linear, power amplifiers utilizing
feed forward and other correction techniques.

      Allen  purchased 62% of the stock of Telia with the  remaining
shares  being  left in the hands of the three senior executives  and
principal  shareholders.   The remaining shares are subject  to  put
and  call  options, which provide for a purchase  price  based  upon
future operating results.

      Robert  G.  Paul,  President and CEO of Allen  Telecom,  says,
"Telia  is  the  kind of company that fits very  nicely  with  Allen
Telecom.   Its technology has a wide variety of uses as  stand-alone
products  for  the wireless communications industry and  can  be  an
important ingredient in a number of current and future Allen Telecom
products  as well.  Three of Allen's divisions are already customers
of Telia.  The ability to add this high-level technology to our core
competencies  and  then  leverage it,  is  a  key  to  a  successful
acquisition and is consistent with our stated long-term strategy and
objectives."

      Jack  Powell,  General  Manager of  Telia,  commented,  "Allen
Telecom  represents  an  ideal environment within  which  Telia  can
continue  its excellent growth and build towards a higher  level  of
geographic and market penetration.  Having access to Allen Telecom's
worldwide sales organization is a key ingredient to our future.   We
have  known  Allen Telecom for a number of years as a  customer  and
have  watched  its  significant growth and  admire  its  ability  to
assimilate and nurture other recent acquisitions."

      The  acquisition was completed on April 17.  Telia's operating
results  will be included with Allen's second quarter 1997 financial
reports.

      Statements  included  in  this  news  release  which  are  not
historical in nature are forward-looking statements made pursuant to
the  safe  harbor  provisions of the Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform  Act  of  1995.   Allen's Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q contain certain detailed factors that
could  cause the Company's actual results to materially differ  from
forward-looking statements made by the Company.

     Allen Telecom Inc. (NYSE symbol - ALN) is a leading supplier to
the worldwide two-way wireless communications marketplace of systems
expansion  products,  site  management  products  and  antennas  and
provides   frequency  planning,  system  engineering  services   and
software design programs to current and emerging wireless markets.

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For further information contact:        Robert A. Youdelman
                              216/765-5820
                              http://www.allentelecom.com