Illustrator clipping masks disappear in pdf from IDCS3

I just tried exporting a pdf from an InDesign CS3 document that contains an imported Illustrator-eps. In InDesign everything looks fine - but in the exported pdf some of the clipping masks (on tiff's) in the eps have disappeared.
I tried saving the Illustrator-eps as an Illustrator-pdf - now the exported pdf from IDCS3 is OK.
I tried switching to InDesign CS2 - keeping the old Illu-eps, and the exported pdf was OK.
Is there any way though that I can get IDCS3 to work with my old Illustrator-epses - so I don't have to open all of them and save as Illustrator-pdf? The idea of going back to IDCS2 isn't thrilling eather...

Is CS3 fully updated to 5.0.4? If so, and this is easily reproducible it
will never get fixed for CS3 so your workaround are all you have.
Bob

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