How to export PDF without recompressing all images (pass-through)

I have a simple two page document, each page has a background image linked to a perfectly sized jpg file from photoshop.  Each jpg has been painstakingly optimized in photoshop.  When I export to PDF, there is no passthrough option.  I read in forums that setting compression to "maximum" will essentially pass-through as long as no downsampling is done.  However, this is not the case. 
Both jpegs are around 250KB, so I'm aiming for a pdf around 500-600KB.  However, when I set "do not downsample" and compression to "none,"  I get an uncompressed file (70MB) essentially converting my jpegs to tiffs.  When I set the compression to "maximum" I get a file that is 1.2MB.  When I set the compression to "medium" I get a pdf file that is 400KB.  So, this tells me the export is clearly recompressing the file no matter what setting I choose.  How do I set it to not touch the images and pass-through the files?  I want photoshop to do all the compression work, not indesign.  
Is there anyway to achieve this?

You can see what happens if you compare an uncompressed PSD with an overly compressed jpeg placed in ID.
The two side by side in Photoshop where you can clearly see the artifacts in the jpeg:
Placed in ID the jpeg's overly compressed pixels are still visible—these are the pixels that get exported
If I export to PDF with minimum quality you can see the compression artifacts in the PSD and newly added artifacts in the jpeg:

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