Will InDesign CS 5.5 open my PageMaker 7.0 Files?

I currenly own Pagemaker 6.5 with an upgrade to 7.0, as well as InDesign CS PageMaker Edition. I am unable to open my PageMaker files (either version) in the InDesign, running on either an XP SP3 computer (which I understand is not surprising) or on a Win7 64 computer. I get a message (for every file): "The PageMaker document is damaged and cannot be recovered." This is true of any of dozens of files I have tried to access.
If I update to the latest InDesign CS 5.5, will I then be able to open my PM files to save them as ID files? Should I upgrade from the ID license or the PM7 license?
Any other thoughts?
Thanks!

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