1.   Serrano said he would send a letter to President Bush asking him to pardon the four if their sentences were not reduced.

2.   But President Ezer Weizman and West Bank military commander Maj. Gen. Ilan Biran refused to pardon the four, saying they were involved in the murder of Israelis.

3.   The proposal to pardon the four was made last Friday by his co-premier, Norodom Ranariddh.

4.   But the source, who asked not to be named, said that Ramos had only pardoned the four for illegal entry and not for the other charges.

5.   Turkish President Suleiman Demiral had asked Saudi King Fahd to pardon the four.