Including CMYK profile in InDesign PDF Export

Hi,
I'm trying to export from InDesign a pdf file, which includes embedded profiles both in RGB and CMYK images. There are two linked images in my INDD layout, one embedded with RGB profile and another with CMYK profile.
In Output I have the settings NO COLOR CONVERSION.
When in PROFILE INCLUSION POLICY I try to include profiles to images, I only can have the CMYK profile with the setting INCLUDE ALL PROFILES. But with that setting also native CMYK elements like text will be tagged with a profile, and that I do not want to have.
With the RGB image the profile is included.
Question # 1: Why do not CMYK profiles will be included with the settings: INCLUDE TAGGED SOURCE PROFILES and INCLUDE ALL RGB AND TAGGED CMYK SOURCE PROFILES??? According to the help they should do that.
Question #2: Is the item CREATE TAGGED PDF in the GENERAL tab related to this somehow?
Best Regards
Erkki H

If you choose Include All RGB and Tagged Source CMYK Profiles any placed CMYK objects that have profiles that match the document's CMYK profile are considered Device CMYK, and no conversion is necessary at output. So in this PDF I have the same image profiled with the document's GRACol CMYK profile (top) and US Newsprint (bottom). Acrobat's Output Preview tells me that the top image is Device CMYK (it matches the PDF/X Output Intent) and the bottom image has the US Newsprint profile:
The bottom image sampled
But with that setting also native CMYK elements like text will be tagged with a profile, and that I do not want to have.
If you don't use the PDF/X-4 standard and change the output to Include All Profiles then all color including native ID colors gets profiled. In that case my top image would have the GRACol profile and as you noted any native colors would also be profiled.
I'm not following why placed image color should be profiled, but a native ID color shouldn't?

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