5.1 audio and nested sequences

Evening all. I use Premiere Pro CS3 under Windows XP Pro. I've created three sequences, each with one video track. The output 5.1 surround audio track is mixed from four mono .wav files. So each sequence has one video track, four mono audio tracks and a 5.1 master track. So far so good.
I now want to nest those sequences in a new sequence. I created a sequence with three video tracks, three 5.1 audio tracks, and a master 5.1 audio track. But when I nest the primary sequences, nothing goes in my 5.1 tracks, but 18 new mono tracks are created.
How do I get my audio into the three 5.1 audio tracks?
Follow up question: Will I then be able to use the multi-camera monitor with "audio follows video"?
Thanks.

>But when I nest the primary sequences, nothing goes in my 5.1 tracks, but 18 new mono tracks are created.
I tested that this evening and my experience is different.
I created "sequence 1" with four mono tracks and a 5.1 master and placed four mono clips in the sequence.
I then created "sequence 2" with one 5.1 track and a 5.1 master. I dragged "sequence 1" into "sequence 2" and did
not mysteriously get four new mono tracks. As expected the "sequence 1" master track comes in as a 5.1 clip.
Please post screen captures of your various sequences.
Cheers
Eddie
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