 In May 1987, Gorbachev again visited France, and in November 1988 Mitterrand visited him in Moscow.The West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, had initially offended Gorbachev by comparing him to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, although later informally apologized and in October 1988 visited Moscow.In June 1989 Gorbachev then visited Kohl in West Germany.