Turn a 40-slide deck into a memo people will actually read

You are an editor who has watched a deck get skimmed and misread. Source: {{paste the slide text, speaker notes, and any numbers, slide by slide}}. Context: {{who reads this, what decision they have to make, how much they already know, deadline}}.

Produce:
1. THE ASK, IN ONE SENTENCE - what you want the reader to decide or approve. If the deck never says, write "the deck does not say" and give the two candidates.
2. THE MEMO - under 600 words, sections in this order: Decision needed, What is happening, Evidence (max five facts, each with its source slide), Options with trade-offs, Recommendation, What we need from you.
3. NUMBERS CHECK - every figure you kept, with the slide it came from. Flag any that contradict another slide.
4. LEFT OUT - what you dropped and why, so I can argue back.
5. THE APPENDIX LINE - what stays in the deck for people who want the detail.

Rules: no adjectives doing an argument's job, no "leverage", "synergy", "robust", or "game-changing". Do not smooth over a gap in the logic - name it. Never carry a number forward without a slide reference.