Importing files that have been color-flagged in MAC Finder

I just started at a big company's design department, and I'm taking over a large editing project in midstream. My predecessor edited hundreds of files by going thru them in the Finder and marking the files directly using the "Label" function, so that the files appear flagged by color in the Finder. (ACK!)
Is there a way to import the files into LR4 that turns their current color label into a color flag within LR?

Sean,
By update, you mean I will have to regenerate new ones with ACR 3.7? I assume also I could wait for ACR 4/CS 3 and do it then as well
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