Voice memos folder syncing issues

(I'm on Windows 7 64-bit, iTunes 11, iPhone 4S)
I deleted all the voice memos from my iTunes library by mistake but did not delete the files from my computer. Now, trying to restore them to the library this is what happened:
- I dragged and dropped the files from the iTunes>iTunes Media>Voice Memos folder into iTunes library. iTunes started treating them as music files (i.e removed them from the Voice Memos folder and put them in an Unknown Album folder under Music>Unknown Artist and forgot any associated tag info)
- I synced my iPhone, but it no longer synced those voice memos
I renamed the Unknown Album to Voice Memos, moved it back to iTunes Media folder (from under Music folder) and tried syncing but did not make a difference.
Any suggestions?

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